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March 2010
- Urgent Investment Required in TAFE Media Release - 16 March 2010
The Australian Education Union will today release two new reports which reveal the extent of the under-funding of TAFE and the consequences for thousands of people who are missing out on training and education as a result.
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AEU State of Our TAFEs Survey Report March 2010
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TAFE Funding and the Education Targets A paper prepared by Michael Long, Monash University-ACER Centre for the Economics of Education and Training for the AEU, March 2010
- The AEU marks International Women's Day by calling on governments
world-wide to seriously commit to advancing gender equality globally.
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- Lack of Consultation on National Curriculum Media Release - 1 March 2010
The Australian Education Union (AEU) is disappointed with respect to the level of genuine broad consultation with the profession in the development of the National Curriculum so far.
February 2010
- Action Needed to Stop All League Tables Media Release - 23 February 2010
The Australian Education Union today welcomed the move by ACARA to shut down the Australia School Ranking website which named and shamed schools in league tables.
- Damaging League
Tables Must Be Stopped Media Release - 16 February 2010
The Australian Education Union today called for action from the Federal Government
after revelations online profiteers were naming and shaming schools in league tables.
- 2010 Rosemary Richards Award
All women members of the AEU and its Branches and Associated Bodies are encouraged to apply for this year's Rosemary Richards Scholarship.
Applications close Friday 7th May 2010.
- Help Stop League Tables
The AEU has urged members to get involved in the campaign to stop league tables after newspapers used information from the My School website to name and shame schools. Within 24 hours of the site going live, newspapers in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and the Northern Territory printed league tables ranking schools based on their scores in the point in time, snapshot national literacy and numeracy test NAPLAN.
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- Federal
Government Misleading on Funding Media Release - 8 February 2010
The Education Minister Julia Gillard is trying to cover the flaws in the My School
website by misrepresenting the union’s position on school funding, the Australian
Education Union said today.
- The AEU's first
national State of our TAFEs survey will run for the next three
weeks, closing on Monday 1 March. This is your opportunity as a TAFE
teacher to have a say about resourcing and other issues in your TAFE
institute. If you would like to participate in this survey email pmesser@aeufederal.org.au
for a password.
- League tables in England
An Australian teacher and AEU member who worked in England explains
the devastating impact of league tables on students and school communities.
- AEU Concise Financial Report for the Year Ending 30 September 2009
January 2010
December 2009
- E2009/10014 and 10081
The AEC recently completed elections: E2009/10014 and 10081 for Federal Conference Delegates, National TAFE Council Delegates and Delegates on National Committees (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Committee - both General and TAFE; National Principals Committee and National Early Childhood Committee). A copy of the AEU Post Election Reports are available from the AEU upon request.
- AEU Questions Value of Teach for Australia
Media Release - 16 December 2009
- AEU Calls for Negotiations on Genuine School Accountability and Improvement Measures
Media Release - 14 December 2009
- League Tables - See What People Are Telling The Prime Minister
- Australian Educator special liftout: Why
We Must Stop League Tables
- The
Damage of League Tables
Australian parents, teachers and principals talk about the damaging impact of ranking schools in league tables.
- Following New York?
An Australian teacher who worked in New York explains why it would be a mistake to follow the flawed system of testing and ranking schools that operates there.
- What is World AIDS Day, and how can teachers make
a difference?
World AIDS Day was initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO)
in 1988, and is recognised throughout the world as a key day to mobilise
resources to combat HIV and AIDS, increase awareness of the disease
and fight stigma and prejudice. It is an opportunity to remember and
express solidarity with those living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.
Teachers have a key role to play in the global campaign to reverse the
spread of HIV and AIDS. With no cure in sight, education, the 'social
vaccine', is crucial to prevention and to combating HIV/AIDS.
AIDS has had a serious impact on the education sector worldwide. It
is essential that teachers stand together to fight the disease, to protect
our colleagues, our children and our future.
For more information visit the EI
website.
November 2009
- White Ribbon Day
The Australian Education Union condemns violence against women in
all its forms and encourages educators to support and mark White Ribbon
Day (the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against
Women) on 25th November. [MORE...]
- National School Chaplaincy Program - AEU Statement
The AEU today condemned the decision by the Prime Minister to extend the Howard Government's controversial National School Chaplaincy Program until the end of 2011, at a cost of $42.8 million.
AEU Federal President Angelo Gavrielatos said the union strongly supported the need for additional resources aimed at addressing the growing level of complex social and emotional issues experienced by young people in our schools.
However, these additional resources should be allocated to employ appropriately qualified school counsellors or psychologists........ [MORE....]
- Bad Path in School Tables - Angelo Gavrielatos, Canberra Times - 20 November 2009
- Parents, Teachers and Principals Call for Action on School League Tables Media Release - 17 November 2009
- Action Needed Over Private College Failures Media Release
- 6 November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
- Susan Hopgood - Acting President of Education International
AEU Federal Secretary, Susan Hopgood, has been appointed to the position of Acting President of Education International.
EI President Thulas Nexsi resigned at the recent EI Officer's meeting following his election to the South African Parliament. At the next meeting of the full Executive Board, to be held in early December, EI Officers will recommend that the Board confirm Susan's appointment as President until the next World Congress in 2011.
AEU Federal President, Angelo Gavrielatos says, "This is a great honour for Susan and an even greater honour for the AEU."
See EI News, 21 September 2009: EI President steps down after election to federal public office
- International VET now, PPPs next: AEU warns of domestic meltdown - Campus Review, 14 September 2009 - Article by John Ross
The problems that have emerged in VET for international students could replicate themselves in domestic VET unless the federal government curtails its "ideological obsession" to foster competition in the training market, according to the Australian Education Union.... [MORE....]
- Climate Connectors
The AEU strongly supports action to reduce climate change and to secure
an environmentally sustainable future.
The ACTU has established the Climate Connectors concept to encourage
union members' action in their workplaces and for the union movement
to be involved in the solutions for the future.
As educators we have shown our commitment to teaching about environmental
concerns and involving students in action for change.
The AEU encourages union members to now sign up to become a Climate
Connector and extend sustainable practices throughout their workplace
and their communities. Training is provided.
- Misleading School Comparisons Opposed Media Release - 16
September 2009
- Parents Support Ban on League Tables Media Release - 14
September 2009
- Australian
Educator Spring 2009
- The AEU is pleased to announce the launch of the 2009 AEU Arthur
Hamilton Award for Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander Education.
- A Market Model of Education?
Australian academic, Anthony Ashbolt discusses the right wing push for voucher funding in schools and why it would be a disaster for public education, teachers and students.
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Send
an online message to the Prime Minister of Fiji, Commodore Voreqe
Bainimarama, to appeal for the reinstatement of FTA President Tevita
Koroi to his civil servant status. Every signature helps! Please
do so today.
Find
out more about the dismissal of the President of the Fijian
Teachers’ Association (FTA).
- Tougher Standards Needed in International Education Media Release - 2 September 2009
August 2009
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